[Siberian]

Well, I finally did it. I have come this far and I am up and running. After all the weeks and weeks of research, gathering ideas, asking millions of questions, buying computer parts, building my Allenstein PC, and basically sh*tting a brick [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] because I have never built a computer before in my life... I finally hooked up the Digi001 and installed PTLE tonight and it went off without a hitch! [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]

I got the sample session loaded and fired it up. You have no idea the sense of relief I felt when I heard that sweet sweet music begin to echo from the Mackie HR824's sitting on the two kitchen chairs flanking my dining room table!!! (yes, my dining room has been turned into a temporary laboratory where I have been hatching my evil plot for the last few months [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] ). I am working on setting up a more permanent home for the gear in another part of the house.

The only thing I am not able to do for some reason is to separate the edit and mix windows. They seem to be stuck together. I can't put them side by side.. they are layered on top of each other. How do I separate them so I can move one over to the other monitor? [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img]

Other than that... now the long learning process begins. I have a lot to learn about protools and I am looking forward to the journey!

I also got my Protools LE demo DVD today so I am going to crack open a nice cold one to celebrate my victory, and sit back and watch the DVD.

Oh man I'm giddy like a little girl!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

PS- I want to thank all of you, especially Allen, who have been so kind, patient, and helpful in answering my many many questions over the last couple of months. Without you guys I would not have made it this far. So for that I thank you all from the bottom of my heart!

Okay, I'll shut up now and go play. I'll try doing that Davec test as well.

Oh, here's a list of the equipment I have gathered so far...

Allen Machine XP2400 with ASUS A7V333
Colorcase grey case, with Spiderman window (the blue led case fan looks cool in the dark)
Dual 19" monitors (two tone silver and black)
Digi001
Digimax LT 8-channel preamp (off ebay)
Mackie HR824 monitors (off ebay and you'd be sick if I told you how cheap I got them!!!)
Mics
Shure SM57 (snare top and guitar cabinet)
Rode NT3 (snare bottom, guitar cabinet, vocals, room mic)
Oktava MK012 (three of them, two for drum overheads and one for hihats)
Audix D6 (kick drum)
Radio Shack Senneheiser E604 knock-offs (will use temporarily for toms until I can get real mics... I plan on getting Shure Beta98's or Audix Micro d's for 10" and 12" rack toms and Audix D4's for 14" and 16" floor toms)
And my keyboard player has a Cad E100 we will use for vocals until I can get my own good mic.

I still have to build a desk/ work station, get some cables, a snake (my girlfriend works for Switchcraft so I can get connectors for next to nothing so I might actually build my own snake), and a few more mic stands, but I'm getting close to haveing this whole rig up and ready to actually record something. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]